On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:39:06 +0100, etu <etu@lasbud.edu> wrote:
>On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 23:47:02 -0600, sitkaman wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:17:33 +0100, J. Knasterhuis <j.knasterhuis@localhost> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:33:34 -0800, Solly <solly1@REMOVEnewsguy.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>etu <etu@lasbud.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 06:34:49 -0600, sitkaman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Fri, 09 Jan 2015 17:10:56 +0100, J. Knasterhuis <j.knasterhuis@localhost> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thank you very much!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I have a suggestion too.
>>>>>>>When you create the PAR2 files, you create them not just for the
>>>>>>>essential files (the VIDEO_TS folder), but also for all the TXT, BMP,
>>>>>>>JPEG files.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>This results in missing blocks if any of those non-essential files are
>>>>>>>missing, and some essential files have to be repaired.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>This could be aproblem for someone with a very crappy connection, who
>>>>>>>just needs 1 more block to repair... Or, years into the future, when
>>>>>>>PAR2 files WILL be needed, it could just all hang on 1 single block
>>>>>>>missing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Solution: create the recovery files *before* you add the other files
>>>>>>>(TXT, BMP, JPEG and so on) to the folder where you upload from.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>See attachement 'Concerning_Recovery_Files.png'.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks again!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>snip
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Well, I guess I could do that, I have certainly thought about doing it that way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'll tell you what, if I hear no conflicting opinions, I'll start doing it that way on
>>>>>>tomorrows post.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>sitkaman
>>>>>I think the texts and images are worthy to also be included in a .PAR
>>>>>repair option so that they can be repaired when they get damaged. You
>>>>>could do a seperate set of .PAR for them. You could also include the
>>>>>text and images in the .RAR archive when it is up to me.
>>>>>
>>>>>Waste of space imho is to include sample.mpg's in .PAR repair specialy
>>>>>when that is combined with the main RAR achive.
>>>>
>>>>Placing the supporting files (jpg, nfo, txt, samples) into the RARs defeats
>>>>the purpose of allowing the down loader to view these before deciding
>>>>whether to download the RARs or not.
>>>
>>>Place them into the RAR's, make PAR's for it like that. Then upload
>>>the resulting files PLUS the TXT and image files.
>>>
>>>You'll end up with TXT and image files inside RAR's AND outside RAR's.
>>>The good thing is then that a repair doesn't hang on maybe a single
>>>block because a JPG image is missing. Anyone of these small files each
>>>take ONE block of repairfiles... (if PAR-red seperately).
>>>
>>>>I have no problem with the supporting files being included in the PAR set
>>>>but personally I prefer not to do so.
>>>>
>>>>You can't please everyone.
>>>>
>>>>Thank you for the effort you have been doing on this project. I once
>>>>wondered how you knew the size etc. for your list of posted DVDs because I
>>>>did not figure that you had downloaded everything that was posted. I now
>>>>realize that I was mistaken.
>>>
>>>Jaap Knasterhuis.
>>
>>Wow, a lot of opinions on how this should be done. What I've gathered is that an RAR and
>>PAR set for the movie, and a seperate RAR/PAR set for the ancillary files might be the
>>best way to go, as for as current user, and way future user.
>>
>>I'll try that for a while.
>>
>>thanks for all the feed back guys, it does make be want to keep going.
>>
>>sitkaman
>
>hi sitkaman,
>
>you might go with RAR/PAR for the movie and serperate PAR for the text
>and images and not RAR those so that people can view them straight
>away but RAR/PAR for both would also be fine with me.
>
>keep up the good work, it is `pearls before the swines` and in the
>newsgroups there is hardly any feedback but i'm sure plenty people
>will be picking up your current posts.
Even if adressed to sitkaman, I would like to add to this that, while
I'm very picky at what DVD's I exually keep, that I DO appreciate VERY
much all the time and labour anyone who's sharing is putting into
this, but I appreciate still even more those, like sitkaman, wgo put
an immense amount of time into this group... I reall do.
Jaap Knasterhuis
>many greetings, etu.
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